A Pet Skunk Gets a Check-up | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER
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- A pet skunk is brought into the clinic for a check-up and some vaccinations.
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A Pet Skunk Gets a Check-up | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER
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Foraging for food mimics wild behavior while encouraging activity. What did you learn about skunks from this video?
Overweight skunks get heart diseases and some other. Is that the striped skunk.
Overweight skunks 🦨 are at high rate for heart disease and arthritis cutting down to one meal a day, and good exercise :) 😁
I learnt people modify animals because they want to keep them as pets. Not sure how I feel about that.
So sweet . I love animals . So precious. All our animals eat healthy
@@joshpickles9022 i get this but its one skunk in many and hes living the best life. cats and dogs have also been domesticated over years.
Normally when a skunk taps its feet and has its tail up, those are normally warning signs that it's about to spray you. Now since this is a domestic skunk I could see why the body language would be for different things, but seriously never ever go closer to a wild skunk when it's tapping its feet.
I thought the same thing when I heard that.
They stomp and fluff while playing, too.
It's called a joke.
Where in this video does he show any signs of anything? I see no foot stomping. He doesn't even seem unsure let alone frightened
They’re just getting a lil goofy and perhaps silly. Don’t worry about it
Skunks are so cute pets! Thanks for the clip
Aren't they? 😍 Thanks for watching!
@@NatGeoWild What vaccines do captive raised Skunks need? I'd like a list of required vaccines.
Rabies virus
@Nat Geo WILD I'm baffled. How can people take the risk of being fumed at?
@@darthtyranus7683 Scent glands are removed
I saw a skunk in my neighbor's yard peacefully hunting for insects in the grass early yesterday morning, and now I am binge watching skunk videos on TH-cam. I hope it comes back to the same place in a few hours, because I want to film its adventures.
Same here. I saw one earlier this evening on the front lawn and I just watched it slowly and calmly forage around searching for food. Now it’s long gone and I’m reading and watching tons of videos lol
I was sitting in my backyard at 2:00am after some beers years ago and I heard something under the lawn chair, it was a skunk, I didn't move a muscle and my heart was pounding. I was thinking; "I don't need this now, stay calm, it will go away".
My best friend had a pet skunk back in the 70's. She taught him to walk on a leash and we would take him everywhere. His name was Thumper because of the activity that they do towards a possible threat before they spray you!! He always stunk and we bathed him with "GEE YOUR HAIR SMELLS TERRIFIC" Shampoo. Lol
Haha that’s awesome!
I used that shampoo too!
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This stunk was so relaxed and didn’t feel threatened ❤
I want a pet skunk SO badly
Me too!!
I have 5 orphan wild skunks my wife and I are trying to rescue them hopefully we can get them to eat .@@I.am.RosaMarie
Without a permit, it's illegal to have a skunk as a pet in Delaware.
That's ok though... there's an adorable skunk who visits my yard. We keep our distance from each other. 😅
A pet skunk is the best animal to keep the bulgars from stealing anything from your house.
I had a UPS failed delivery note left in the mailbox because a skunk was on the porch. That was funny
Hes adorable I have 6 skunks in my backyard I feed them when they come around mostly in the summertime they are so adorable their a little skittish too
Bernice, not to be a wet blanket, but please don't feed wild animals. I understand how it makes you feel, but that's very bad for the skunks and the environment they inhabit.
@@no-bozos they eat shelled peanuts so I know it's ok my friend is a wild life rehabilitator
@@no-bozos Why would it be bad?
@@americangirl6654 - When you feed wild animals you swell their population and ruin the balance in the ecosystem. It also weakens the gene pool of the animals you're feeding. You are inadvertently keeping the weaker animals in the population alive that otherwise would die. Thus endangering the species and taking a chance of wiping out the local population.
I could go on and on, but the take-away is that the best thing we humans can do for wild animals is to leave them alone.
@@no-bozos I see. I guess I’ve never really thought about it.
Tucker stole my heart away
Skunks are too cute when they get a check up
Try those textured bowls that they use for cats. You know those bowls that are specialized for cats to slow their pace when they're eating.
I never knew they had that. Wow. My scarfer cat needs a bowl like that 😂
The real issue is that skunks in nature travel a 2 mile area foraging for their food. Eliminating that makes them fat. Plus I am sure they get more food in captivity than in the wild.
Such a cute lil bugger 🤗💖
We just ❤️ Tucker!
I just found a new favorite show, who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by cute animals all day? ❤️
I love the way she bent down and gave him his shot under the table. When I was a kid there was a nurse at my doctor's office that did the same thing if a child acted like Mr. Thumper here and ran under a table. There was no escaping her.😂😂😂 This is so cute. Thumps doesn't know how loved he is. Maybe he does he just has to act tough.😊 Too cute 🥰
They can live up to 15 years! ❤ my possum only lived to almost 6yrs
You are awesome DR. you gave that shot like a Boss. Nice skunk!
skunks are so adorable 🥰
I walk my dog very early in the AM and pretend we are hunting to make her happy. She saw a black outline in a field by my house (I thought it was a tire.) So I got low, we were hunting, run up on it. Ye, it was skunk. Skunks are not afraid and move slow. I now smell like Pepe.
Loooool
@@user-fm5fw7kk4o true story
Aww soo adorable
Tucker stole my heart away 😭
I had a wild "pet" skunk years ago and he/she felt safer when under something(cover). Loved that little guy.
I love Dr k she is amazing. I love animals and great video nat wild 😺
@Ali Ajmeri Would you shut up? Can people just not like anything anymore without some idiot saying "oH hA hA tHeY aRe A sImP hU hU iM sO fUnNy!"
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Awww. So cute. Especially babies..
He sure loved carrots
Not kidding I was outside kinda late and skunk walked right past me. It frightened me but weirdly enough it just kinda peacefully walked passed me. Guessing he/she has been living around humans for a while and knows they aren’t a threat.
Skunks really don't see all that well. Have been in your situation: The skunk walked right by me en route to the food I put out for the neighborhood stray cat. Glad to have them; they keep the yard free of grubs.
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LOL
He just a kitty kitty😁😁
I miss my last house. It had a big patio, and wild skunks just loved frolicking around on it at night. I loved watching them from the window.
I love skunks.
THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME !
i had no idea u could actually have a skunk as a pet 🤣
Skunks hibernate in the winter! They get real fat in the fall eating everything in sight. They are supposed to sleep all winter. In a cool place. In the spring they come out skinny as a rail.
Always wanted one as a pet...
Skunks make GREAT pets!
@@paulelliott682 Obviously
Great video wish you all a great day best greetings from Thailand
I have always wanted a skunck!!
I probably won’t get a pet skunk but I’d love to meet a pet skunk
It's like a weird looking cat
Skunks have some pretty healthy teeth.
They can live up to 15 years! my possum only lived to almost 6yrs
I want a lil skunk! I'm gonna have to move to Florida it seems they can have all kinds of pets plus the heat would be good for my RA lol
Wait, heat is good for RA? I’m newly diagnosed and no wonder mines been acting up especially the very cold weather.
@@janticewilsonHeat is great for RA especially dry heat. I flare horribly with the cold weather
@@ksinclair-garcia2092 Unfortunately Florida is Vwry wet heat. Horrific. Makes my Fibromyalgia off the charts.. humidity is a flare trigger.
The amount of incorrect people in this comment section is genuinely hilarious
The fact y'all are so confident about being wrong is great LOL
Omg I'm love you lol baby! It's Flower Flower!
I love you my bad
We had a skunk named febreeze. She smelled like the real thing
Great video wish you all a great day best greetings from Thailand
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I'd love to have a pet skunk I like the wild ones too I just know to stay far away from them and give them lots of space
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Really hoping to eventually get a pet skunk one day 🥺 but I got to figure out what states allow it first
I'm glad Alabama allows it. I want one, but my heart truly belongs to the duck.
Foraging...
All I can think of are dogs like my mom's Boston that walk around over and over, looking for any little scrap of food on the floor, licking spots where food might have been.
And if they're really crazy for food, it'll be like a crackhead who swears they dropped a piece and is picking through the carpeting in a room they never even smoked in.
"Foraging" makes it sound so natural, and fun, but not sure if this is the behavior you want to teach, regardless of animal. In fact, forget animals; if you told a person you've hidden an unknown amount of their most desirable thing, how/when would they know to stop looking?
Skunks are adorable but I wouldn’t want one as a pet. Wouldn’t want to remove its stink glands so better off not having one lol think it’s kind of messed up to do.
How is it any more "Messed up" than fixing a dog or a cat?. Totally a logical fallacy
These animals are absolutely amazing, I love to hang out with my pets, especially the exotics, it's a shame the government is always trying to take them away from us
@@2grips not really, many of the laws they pass are outrageous, now don't get me wrong, there are definitely regulations that should be passed like for lions and bears, creatures like that, but they like to pass laws on animals that are not dangerous, and aren't hurtful to the environment (which I think invasives shouldn't be illegal either), here in arizona they just made hedgehogs legal, what is a hedgehog a danger to? They are harmless, and they would die within days of our weather, same goes for many reptiles
@@ZHExotics it isn't that much about hurting the environment by invading it and more hurting the environment by depleting the wild populations.
Also diseases... AIDS, covid 19, so many were passed from non human animals onto us. These laws exist for a reason
@@ZHExotics We have Hedgehogs here in the UK. If you're a gardener you really want at least one to visit your garden on a nightly basis. They eat slugs, snails and other garden pests. My garden was overrun with slugs and snails. Veg plants and flowers were decimated by the slimy little nasties - until a family of Hedgehogs moved in. Hardly see any slugs now. Hedgehogs are definitely a gardener's friend 🦔
@@garancebarbier7381 and whose fault is that? Humans. Most if not all are cause of people hunting the disease origin animal for meat as if there isn't enough of that in the world. So it's karma or like those animals way of giving a big f you
Quite interesting
I hope he doesn't spray them at all someday unless they take the sack out but I think it would be neat to have a pet skunk
How is he doing now? 😍 ❤
2:01 I bet low key her anxiety level when up a bit (thinking "it better not spray.."😬😰🥴)
I would lol.
Did you not listen? They removed its scent glands.
she already knew the skunk had been mutilated.
@@Fresh-uc9vbWhy must people on the internet be so confidently incorrect
@@Hidden.Furry. what are you on about?
@@Fresh-uc9vb you ever notice how people like you seem to talk about stuff they dont know as if they're correct?
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Well…that means I can’t have a skunk. I have zero willpower. That’s why I have cats. 😁
"Some other stuff" **air quotes**
wow exotic pet
It's Chunky Skunky!
Cutie
I thought she was Ana Kasparian lol
Skunky (Skunk) !!!!!!
Do skunks get over weight in the wild
non-stinky baby!!!
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Skunks are illegal in Australia.
"My pets name is tucker "
Tucker budynz ????
He's gorgeous, but do they have that musky smell like ferrrets?
my skunk is very tame, he does not spray
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Being a human being doc is madness... But vets are on another level of mad
Cute. exotic pets. need to learn allot & even then there's more to do. had chinchilla once. wonderful but impossible...
THE LOST OF SKUNK:
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Well that stinks
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I never would think that skunks would be pets. From growing up watching Pepe Lapew cartoons I thought skunks would not be good pets from the obvious reasons of their natural defense the skunk smell, and mostly I would not take in a wild animal from its natural habitat but from watching online videos and seeing folks with pet skunks I am thinking I would like one but what do I know about raising skunks? I mean what do they even eat?
what happens if she sprays u
@@troumou oooh 😯
Skunks are illegal to own where I live since too many people were keeping them as pets lol.
Karen lawmakers gotta ruin it for everyone
What state is this??? Skunks in most states are illegal to keep as pets..
I don’t know. But in Ohio and Indiana you can have them. In some states they have to be registered too. In England the whole country is allowed to have them but they must be de-scented. It’s a vast variety of rules all over. I cant have one in my state.
It's legal currently in 17 states
@@Mytube777 Actually it's Illegal to de-scent a skunk in the UK. You are free to own one but the scent glands must be in tact. It's considered animal cruelty so it's forbidden.
Himb a chubby chubbers.
2:20 Kinda hard to take animal obesity seriously when you add humorous drum sound when she calls out his weight.
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Yep...just like cats...they gain weight fast...
Would've been nice to know if he was potty trained.
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Skunks are great for roasting, they taste yummy
his nails are so long.
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Way too Long !
No more difficult to trim than a Cats...
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i think they need them to forage.
As cute as skunk is, but I would never have it as a pet. The smell is unbearable and hard to get rid off.
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He's had his smell glands removed.
Who takes skunks as pets for God's sake?! And you named him Tucker? So, next time he gets a baby, his name will be Chris? :D
ew lol
@@trevorcook8374 :)
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When did pets get vaccine What
Are you being serious, pets have always gotten vaccines
You ever owned pets before? Certain pets need certain types of vaccines so they don't get sick or die. Otherwise the lift expectancy of some pets would be years shorter. For example theres a vaccine for rabies which has saved plenty of animals after getting bitten from infected animals.
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Disturbing to see a skunk in private ownership. It's a wild animal and no pet. Even removing it's ability to defend itself. The glands should be there. Because those shall not be in a house. Tucker is absolutely more than happy. But again, wild animals in private homes on a permanent basis, not good.
There are domestic skunks. Skunks are very affectionate and enjoy human interaction. Dogs, cats, horses, chickens, etc. were once only wild animals as well but we domesticated them. Domestication of skunks isn't inherently bad they seem to make a pretty good pet.
Pet Skunks are not Wild,they are specifically Bred for Domestication and come from other Domestic Skunks. These animals are not Wild Caught,therefore they do not have the instincts to survive in the Wild.
@@thugpug4392 do they have there scent glands removed for this purpose?
@@Fresh-uc9vbYes, usually the pet skunks have their glands removed. That might seem strange to you but removing the scent glands of a skunk doesn't seem stranger to me than neutering a dog or cat.
Not my area if expertise but shouldn't they cut his nails?
Skunks need those to dig and to better grab stuff.
shouldn't they just not mutilate (scent gland removal) wild animals to keep them as pets?
Why has his scent glands been removed? If its just so they can keep a wild animal as a pet then his owners need lobotomies as humans are prone to violence and are the most dangerous species.
Scent glands are removed because they stink. Also, not a far fetch to believe Tucker is not a wild animal, but a domesticated skunk.
Wow.... I bet you're ALOT of fun at parties.... Sheeesh
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Tucker! Nooooooooooo!!
Don't take the vaccine!!! 😢
pets need vaccines to prevent horrible diseases. i've had a dog nearly die of parvo because he was too young to be vaxxed at the time. they save animal lives.